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Aston Villa made the biggest jump, going from 11th at this stage to secure a top-four finish with time to spare.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
Results put Opportunity winning over five percent -- the threshold needed to gain seats in parliament without an electorate candidate win, which would likely secure the party a kingmaker role in the next government.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2026
“We will always stand ready to protect every eligible voter’s right to participate in a fair and secure election process.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026
At worst, he adds, engineers might have to lengthen cryptographic keys, the numbers used in secure exchanges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Papá sent a telegram to Fito, my cousin in Guadalajara, asking him to secure our birth certificates and to send them to us by mail.
From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez
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By the time of his silver jubilee in 1935, the position of this reimagined British monarchy was securer than it had ever been.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 28, 2022
In general, it was not a year in which the older novelists made their reputations securer.
From Time Magazine Archive
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He was virtually cold shouldered out of the Senate, for it was with immense relief that he escaped from teapot ostracism to the securer social area of the Federal bench.
From Behind the Mirrors The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington by Clinton W. (Clinton Wallace) Gilbert
V.—Of course, in all this I am assuming that the doctrine of sin and of the Fall in its true importance has a much securer basis than the supposition that Genesis iii is literal history.
From St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. II A Practical Exposition by Charles Gore
The Spaniards, moving on to a securer place, camped to await Pizarro.
From The Spanish Pioneers by Charles F. Lummis
The securest hold was Adam Sandler's: his Grown Ups fell a negligible 14%.
From Time ● Jul. 11, 2010
Asserted one of Thatcher's aides: "It's going to stimulate the economy, and expansion is the securest form of revenue."
From Time Magazine Archive
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Vickers, the securest of Otellos onstage, does not always seem comfort able on vinyl.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Even threaten the securest position, when long continued.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The houses are more than half a mile apart, and I thought proper to go thither on foot, and not to take any common path, but to cross the fields, as the securest mode.
From Anna St. Ives by Thomas Holcroft
A cloud operator raises money, secures power and installs computing equipment.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
However, the agreement secures an extension for the league to discuss terms with its players, with talks now open until 25 October.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Rocket Lab secures 20 additional launches for Synspective, while Citi initiates coverage with a Buy rating and $105 price target.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
For a quarter-century, Lee has been the producer who secures material before studios know they want it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
In the second half Erin blocks three shots, intercepts two passes, drives the lane several times for layups, comes off endless screens, sinks shot after shot, and secures the win easily.
From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick
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“It’s a strategy of defense via denial secured via diplomacy,” said Connor Graham, a research fellow at the Lowy Institute think tank in Sydney.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
The initial steps involved releasing the mechanisms that had secured the components during launch.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
Great Britain's Henry Patten and doubles partner Harri Heliovaara have secured the year-end world number one ranking for the first time.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
At a Labour event bedecked with red balloons in Upper Hutt, near Wellington, party workers were quietly confident they had secured the largest number of seats.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2026
Coaxing the buttons through their holes was like reconciling warring friends, but I finally secured all five of them over my flat chest and belly, a task that was growing harder every day.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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Cohere is giving priority to margins and its balance sheet over securing capacity at any price, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
In their second attempt at securing a conviction, prosecutors are putting less emphasis on Rinderknecht’s alleged resentment of the wealthy, instead highlighting laboratory tests they allege prove that a lighter could ignite the hillside vegetation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
Vice President JD Vance separately said that both he and the president were optimistic about securing an agreement.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
Besides securing energy supplies, India cares deeply about the millions of its citizens who work in the Persian Gulf.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
From her window, she watched him in the yard, securing his lunch in the rear carrier pack of his bicycle, then walking his bicycle across the yard and into the street.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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